True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

The way to change the world is to change your own mind.

Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

When I run from suffering, it follows me. When I face suffering with equanimity, it runs from me.

The greatest obstacle to meditation is our expectation about what it should be.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

When we recognize that our thoughts are just thoughts, we can choose whether or not to follow them.